Protesters call for Emanuel's ouster at his Ravenswood home for 2nd day

(Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)

Grace WongChicago Tribune

Shontay Newsome, 28, sat in a funeral home for four hours with her family on Wednesday, picking out caskets and deciding what her cousin Quintonio LeGrier was going to wear at his funeral.

Then she joined with about a dozen protesters in front of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Ravenswood home calling for him to step down after LeGrier was fatally shot by a police officer Saturday.

"I left (the funeral home) because I wanted to be here," Newsome said in the alley behind Emanuel's home. "I wanted to make sure that they hear our voices and they understand that we're not going to just sit around and let them sweep this down under the rug."

The protesters were outside the mayor's home for a second day and vowed to be there protesting for 16 days -- to signify the number of bullets that struck another teen killed in a 2014 shooting by a Chicago police officer.

"I'm out here because I just want justice for him," Newsome said of her cousin. "They called the police for help, to get the situation de-escalated, and he ended up dead. And I want to know how."

Protesters gathered in the front and the back of the mayor's home, chanting "No justice, no peace" in the front and shining flashlights on the officers guarding the house in the back.

"I'm out here because I got six brothers," Newsome said, her voice shaking. "And if it wasn't my cousin, it could have been my brother, and I want to make sure it's never one of my brothers."